The group said though renewable energies appear cleaner than others, getting them here and building them are not environmentally friendly.

“You can't ship those wind turbines from Denmark to the United States and get them up on the Lowell Mountains, and you can't cut the forests and all that stuff without burning a tremendous amount of fossil fuels,” Morse said.

With a day’s worth of service mandated by the state ahead of them, the Lowell Six said their fight is not over.

“This is a problem of education and the deception is profound,” Holland said.

Following their sentencing, the group handed out a draft of a report from the Public Service Board. They said the documents shows Green Mountain Power is selling off renewable energy credits to out-of-state non-renewable energy generators, which would violate FTC guidelines.